US9045718B2 - Residue cleaning composition and method - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure is generally directed toward compositions and methods for removing enzymatic cleaner residues and residual films from metallic and non-metallic surfaces of a medical waste treatment system or metallic and non-metallic surfaces that have come in contact with biological and/or pharmaceutical components from a medical or surgical procedure.
- the enzymatic cleaner residues and residual films typically result from cleaning and rinsing the metallic and non-metallic surfaces that have been in contact with the biological and/or pharmaceutical components.
- the compositions and methods of the present disclosure are directed to compositions for use in hospitals and other medical facilities for removing residual traces of cleaning agents from surgical fluid medical waste treatment system surfaces, collection system surfaces, medical instruments and/or any other hard surfaces that have been initially cleaned and/or rinsed with enzymatic cleaners and other commercial cleaning compositions.
- An automated washer/disinfector cleans and decontaminates dirty medical surgical instruments so they can be handled safely, repackaged, and sterilized for a future surgery.
- the danger of handling instruments contaminated with blood is obvious in this age of hepatitis, CJD and HIV.
- the procedures for sterilizing medical instruments are based on years of scientific testing of cleaning instruments. If surgical instruments are not clean, the procedures are ineffective. Dried blood on instruments is hazardous to the employees of the hospital and to the next surgical patient upon which the instruments are used.
- Blood coagulates which means it goes from a free-flowing liquid to a solid that contains tough, microscopic fibers called fibrin. These fibers form as the blood coagulates and jam themselves into microscopic irregularities in the surface of the stainless steel instrument. There is a physical attachment of the fibers to the surface through mechanical means, not chemical means as with traditional adhesives. The action is similar to the roots of plants growing into cracks in rocks, anchoring themselves to the surface.
- Another factor that makes blood difficult to clean is its ability to become insoluble when heated. Heating causes blood to denature. Denaturing is similar to what happens to eggs cooked in a frying pan. Transparent uncooked egg whites are fairly easy to wash away, but opaque, cooked egg whites are much more difficult to remove from surfaces. Dried, uncooked egg is even more difficult to wash away, as is dried blood, the proteins in blood are similar to albumin proteins in eggs.
- the disclosure provides a medical surface cleaning composition and a method for cleaning waste treatment system components, medical instrument surfaces, and enzyme residue-containing surfaces.
- the composition includes a residue cleaning agent and a substantially non-water soluble nonionic surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25° C. of less than 10 millimeters.
- a weight ratio of residue cleaner to surfactant on 100 wt. % active ingredient basis ranges from about 0.05:1 to about 0.5:1.
- the residue cleaning agent and surfactant are biodegradable.
- Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for cleaning waste treatment system components, medical instruments surfaces, and enzyme residue-containing surfaces.
- the method includes applying to a surface to be cleaned a composition that includes a residue cleaning agent and a substantially non-water soluble nonionic surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25° C. of less than 10 millimeters.
- a weight ratio of residue cleaning agent to surfactant on 100 wt. % active ingredient basis ranges from about 0.05:1 to about 0.5:1.
- An amount of composition is sprayed onto the surface that is sufficient to effectively clean and remove residue from the surface.
- the surface is then rinsed with purified water to remove the composition from the cleaned surface.
- An embodiment of the disclosure also includes a method for removing enzyme residue from enzyme residue-containing surfaces.
- the method includes applying to a surface to be cleaned a composition that includes a residue cleaning agent and a substantially non-water soluble nonionic surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25° C. of less than 10 millimeters.
- a weight ratio of residue cleaning agent to surfactant on 100 wt. % active ingredient basis ranges from about 0.05:1 to about 0.5:1.
- An amount of composition is sprayed onto the surface that is sufficient to effectively clean and remove residue from the surface.
- the surface is then rinsed with purified water to remove the composition from the cleaned surface.
- Yet another embodiment of the disclosure provides a method cleaning a medical waste treatment system to remove residue and film formation on surfaces of the medical waste treatment system.
- the method includes injecting into the waste treatment system a composition that includes a residue cleaning agent and a substantially non-water soluble nonionic surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25′′ C. of less than 10 millimeters.
- a weight ratio of residue cleaning agent to surfactant in the composition on 100 wt. % active ingredient basis ranges from about 0.05:1 to about 0.5:1.
- the amount of composition injected into the waste treatment system is sufficient to effectively clean and remove residue from surfaces of the medical waste treatment system.
- the surfaces of the system are rinsed with purified water to remove the composition from the cleaned surfaces.
- compositions and methods described herein are not highly corrosive, are low-foaming, and do not rely on the use of enzymatic agents.
- Enzymatic agents are highly sensitive to alkaline or acid components used in conventional cleaning compositions and to water temperatures.
- Another disadvantage of enzymatic cleaning agents is that such agents typically leave an enzyme cleaner residue on the cleaned surfaces that can build up over time and cause premature failure of sensitive waste treatment system components and/or medical instruments.
- the compositions described herein require only a single, substantially non water soluble, non-ionic surfactant and are effective for removing residual enzyme cleaner residues from the surfaces of medical instruments and other devices that were previously cleaned with enzyme cleaning agents.
- compositions and methods described herein leave substantially no detectible residue on the cleaned surfaces.
- a surface having no detectible residue is a surface that is visually clean to the naked eye and, over time, has no visible build up of residue upon subsequent cleaning with the same cleaning composition.
- compositions described here are optically clear and concentrates of the composition are stable over time, i.e., do not form visible precipitates in an aqueous solution of the concentrate, despite the use of a substantially non-water soluble surfactant.
- a further advantage of the compositions described, herein is that the compositions have low or no foaming tendencies thereby enabling the compositions to effectively wet the surfaces to be cleaned without interference of foam adjacent to the surfaces. The low foaming tendency of the compositions make the compositions suitable for spray application to the surfaces under turbulent flow conditions.
- compositions described herein are made from biodegradable components.
- biodegradable components include organic compounds that are devoid of aromatic and beretocyclic groups.
- a first component of the compositions described herein is a residue cleaning agent that is provided by a biodegradable compound.
- the residue cleaning agent is typically provided as a 30 wt. % solution of active ingredient.
- active ingredient is meant the chemical compound is dissolved in a suitable solvent in order to provide the residue agent.
- Other solutions may be used that contain from 10 to about 50 wt. % or more of active ingredient. Accordingly, various aspects of the compositions will be discussed in terms of 100 wt. % active ingredients since the concentration of the residue cleaning agent in the cleaning composition concentrate may vary depending on the source of the residue cleaning agent.
- Suitable residue cleaning agents may be selected from alkyl ether sulfates.
- Alkyl ether sulfates that may be used, include but are not limited, to, sodium coconut alkyl sulfate, potassium coconut alkyl sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium yellow fatty alcohol ether sulfate, tallow fatty alcohol sulfate (25 ethylene oxide), tallow fatty ether sulfate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, sodium stearyl sulfate, sodium palmityl sulfate, sodium decyl sulfate, sodium myristyl sulfate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, potassium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, potassium stearyl sulfate, potassium palmityl sulfate, potassium decyl sulfate, potassium my
- residue cleaning agents that may be used are sodium lauryl ether sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium lauryl ether sulfate, sophorose biosurfactant, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, triethanolamine lauroyl-L-glutarnate, sodium myristyl sarcosinate, potassium laurate, sodium dodecane sulfonates, and sodium lauryl ethoxysulfate.
- the residue cleaning agent in the composition may react with lipid, protein, and/or enzyme residues on a surface of the medical instruments and devices to begin breaking down and denaturing both lipid, and protein complexes and enzyme residues present on the surfaces of the instruments and devices.
- the residue cleaning agent may also interact with a bio-film layer on the surfaces of the instruments and devices through absorption and permeation to induce molecular cleavage within the bio-film structure so as to initiate adhesive failure at a boundary layer between the bio-film structure and the underlying substrate surface. Once adhesion failure is induced by the residue cleaning agent, the organic material on the surfaces of the instruments and devices may be readily rinsed from the instruments and devices with plain water.
- a particularly useful residue cleaning agent for use in the compositions described herein is sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS).
- SLS is often referred to as an anionic surfactant.
- SLS has more of a detergent effect.
- the compositions described herein may contain an amount of SLS, on an active ingredient basis, that is effective to promote permeation, solubilization and mobilization of protein, lipid structures, and/or enzyme residues, thereby releasing the bio-film and enzyme residues from surface of the devices and instruments. Accordingly, the amount of residue cleaning agent in the washing solutions described herein may range from 5 mL per liter of total washing liquid to about 150 mL per liter of total washing liquid based on a 30 wt. % active solution of residue cleaning agent.
- the second important component of the compositions described herein is a nonionic, non-water soluble surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25° C. of less than 10 millimeters, such as less than about 7 millimeters, or less than about 5 millimeters, and desirably less than about 3 millimeters.
- the Ross-Miles foam height of a compound is determined according to ASTM D1173 using a 0.1 wt. % aqueous solution of the compound at a temperature of 25° C.
- nonionic surfactants which may be used may be selected from biodegradable, linear and branched alkoxylated alcohols. Still further illustrative examples of nonionic surfactants include primary and, secondary linear and branched alcohol ethoxylates, such as those based on C 6 to C 18 alcohols which further include an average of from 1 to 80 moles of ethoxylation per mol of alcohol.
- nonionic surfactants include secondary C 12 to C 18 alcohol ethoxylates, including those which have from about 3 to about 10 moles of ethoxylation.
- Further exemplary nonionic surfactants include linear primary C 11 to C 15 alcohol ethoxylates, including those which have from about 3 to about 10 moles of ethoxylation.
- Other surfactants include linear C 11 alcohol with 1 mole (average) of ethylene oxide. Examples include polyoxyethylene (2) cetylether and polyoxyetylene (2) oleylether.
- nonionic surfactants include polyethylene-block poly(ethylene glycol) surfactants having an number average molecular weight of about 875; and poly(ethylene glycol)-block poly(propylene glycol)-block-polyethylene glycol) copolymers having number average molecular weights ranging from about 1100 to about 3500.
- non-ionic surfactants which may be used include: fatty acid monoalkylolamide ethoxylates, fatty amine alkoxylates and fatty acid glyceryl ester ethoxylates.
- Other non-ionic compounds suitable for inclusion in compositions of the disclosed embodiments include mixed ethylene oxide propylene oxide block copolymers, low relative molecular mass polyethylene glycols, ethylene glycol monoesters, amine oxides and alkyl polyglycosides, alkyl sugar esters including alkyl sucrose esters and alkyl oligosaccharide ester, alkyl capped polyvinyl alcohol and alkyl capped polyvinyl pyrrolidone.
- one or more ethoxylated linear or branched alcohol nonionic surfactants having an initial Ross-Miles foam height of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution at 25° C. ranging from about 1 to less than about 10 millimeters, such as from 2 to less than about 7 millimeters, and particularly from about 2 to less than about 5 millimeters may provide the most suitable foam inhibiting effects in combination with the residue cleaning agent.
- the surfactant may be a single surfactant with an initial Ross-Miles foam height of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution 25° C.
- the amount of nonionic surfactant relative to the amount of residue cleaning agent on a weight ratio basis (100 wt. % active ingredient) in the compositions described herein may range from about 2:1 to about 20:1.
- cleaning composition concentrates may include a weight ratio of surfactant to residue cleaning agent of from about 3:1 to about 8:1 or from about 4:1 to about 6:1.
- all references to the nonionic surfactant is with respect to a surfactant that is 100 wt. % active ingredient.
- an optional component of the compositions described herein is an aqueous solvent, such as water.
- Washing solution concentrates as described herein may typically contain a major amount of water. Accordingly, the compositions may contain from about 50 to about 99.9 volume percent water. For example, the compositions from about 60 to about 95 volume percent water. Other compositions may include from about 75 to about 90 volume percent water.
- Solubilizing agents may be included in the compositions to aid in solubilizing the components of the composition. For example, concentrates containing the surfactants and residue cleaning agent may require dispersing or solubilizing agents to provide uniform solution concentrates that may be diluted upon use to provide the pretreatment and conditioning.
- solubilizing or dispersing agents may include, but are not limited to, alcohols, glycols, glycerines, and the like.
- the amount of solubilizing or dispersing agent in the compositions described herein may range from about 2 to about 10 percent by volume based on the total volume of the concentrate.
- compositions described herein may include but are not limited to pH adjustment agents, biocides, bacteriacides, sterilization agents, antifungal agents, germicides, dyes, chelating agents, and the like.
- compositions described herein may promote a pH that is slightly acidic to neutral. However, the compositions may be more effective for the automatic washing machines used in hospitals if the compositions are slightly alkaline. According, a pH adjustment agent may be added to the composition to provide a pH in the range of from about 6.5 to about 10.0. A more desirable pH of the compositions described herein may range from about 8.5 to about 9.5.
- a suitable pH adjustment agent may be selected from weak bases such as, ammonium hydroxide, 2-aminopropanoic acid, ammonia, magnesium hydroxide, methylamine, ethylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, pyridine, glycine, hydrazine, and the like. Accordingly, compositions as describe herein may include from about 0.01 to about 1.0 percent by weight of the pH adjustment agent based on a total weight of the composition. Washing solution concentrates may contain from about 0.01 to about 0.5 weight percent of the pH adjustment agent.
- compositions described herein may be particularly suitable for use in an automatic washing and/or disinfection machine used in hospitals to clean medical instruments that have been previously hand washed with other cleaning agents.
- the low or no foaming tendencies of the compositions make them particularly suitable for such spray washing applications.
- Other uses of the compositions described herein may include cleaning other surfaces and devices that have been initially cleaned with enzyme cleaning agents.
- composition described herein may be readily rinsed from the surfaces of the devices so as to leave substantially no visually detectible composition residue or organic material on the surfaces.
- compositions described herein do not require the addition of antifoam agents.
- a residual cleaning agent such as SLS tends to foam excessively under turbulent conditions in an aqueous stream.
- use of a sufficient amount of surfactant having an initial Ross-Miles foam height in an aqueous solution at 25° C. of less than 10 millimeters provides sufficient foam inhibition in a turbulent aqueous stream.
- the combination of residual cleaning agent and surfactant may be used in a flowing stream under extremely turbulent conditions, with or without spray nozzles without excessive foam generation enabling the composition to be turbulently sprayed into an automatic washing machine or used with other high pressure washing systems.
- compositions containing the residual cleaning agent (RCA) and the surfactant component described above may be used in automatic washing machines for medical facilities.
- Higher ratios of RCA to surfactant (Compositions 1-4) may be used where the generation of foam are minimal.
- Compositions 6-10 may be used where turbulence and foaming are problematic with regard to adequate cleaning.
- Composition 1 having a weight ratio of RCA to surfactant of about 2.7:1 on a 100 wt. % active basis may be injected into an automatic washing machine that is used without first hand washing or rinsing of the medical instruments.
- Composition 10 having a weight ratio of RCA to surfactant of about 0.016:1 on a 100 wt.
- compositions between Compositions 1 and 10 may be used in automatic washing machines to clean surfaces containing dried blood or other medical waste materials such as ocular fluids and the like subsequent to hand, washing the medical instruments. Selection of compositions between Compositions 1 and 10 may be made for particular applications depending on washing conditions, size of the automatic washing machines and other factors of machine design that may cause foaming in the washing machine.
- compositions 1-10 may be diluted in water or a saline solution before use of the compositions in an automatic washing machine, in the table, all weights are in grams of ingredients.
- active tant active tant active tant active tant active tant active tant 1 1.0215 0.1135 2.0430 0.2270 4.0860 0.4540 8.1720 0.9080 2 0.9080 0.2270 1.8160 0.4540 3.6320 0.9080 7.2640 1.8160 3 0.7945 0.3405 1.5890 0.6810 3.1780 1.3620 6.3560 2.7240 4 0.6810 0.4540 1.3620 0.9080 2.7240 1.8160 5.4480 3.6320 5 0.5675 0.5675 1.1350 1.1350 2.2700 2.2700 4.5400 4.5400 6 0.4540 0.6810 0.9080 1.3620 1.8160 2.7240 3.6320 5.4480 7 0.3405 0.7945 0.6810 1.5890 1.3620 3.1780 2.7240 6.3560 8 0.2270 0.9080 0.4540 1.8160 0.9080 3.6320 1.8160 7.2640 9 0.1135 1.0215 0.2270 2.0430 0.4540 4.0860 0.9080 8.1720 10 0.0568 1.0783 0.1135 2.1565 0.2270 4.3130
- compositions 3-5 generally useful compositions for a wide variety of applications may fall within Compositions 3-5 over a range of dilution of 0.25 to 10% by weight.
- Other useful compositions may fall within Compositions 8-10 over a range of dilution of 0.25 to 10% by weight.
- the actual weight percent of active ingredient on 100 wt. % basis for each of the formulations shown in Table 2 may be determined by multiplying the amount of SLS by 0.30, adding the amount of surfactant and dividing the sum by the total weight of SLS, surfactant, and diluent.
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TABLE 1 | |||
Residual Cleaning | RCA | ||
Agent | (100 wt. % active)/ | ||
Solution (RCA), | Surfactant, | Surfactant (100 wt. | |
Composition | 30 wt. % active | 100 wt. % active | % active) |
1 | 90 | 10 | 2.7 |
2 | 80 | 20 | 1.2 |
3 | 70 | 30 | 0.7 |
4 | 60 | 40 | 0.45 |
5 | 50 | 50 | 0.3 |
6 | 40 | 60 | 0.2 |
7 | 30 | 70 | 0.128 |
8 | 20 | 80 | 0.075 |
9 | 10 | 90 | 0.033 |
10 | 5 | 95 | 0.016 |
TABLE 2 |
Composition Formulations Component gram weight additions |
for each total Solution Concentration Level Percentage |
0.25% | 0.50% | 1.00% | 2.00% |
SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | |
30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | |
wt. % | Surfac- | wt. % | Surfac- | wt. % | Surfac- | wt. % | Surfac- | |
Comp. | active | tant | active | tant | active | tant | active | tant |
1 | 1.0215 | 0.1135 | 2.0430 | 0.2270 | 4.0860 | 0.4540 | 8.1720 | 0.9080 |
2 | 0.9080 | 0.2270 | 1.8160 | 0.4540 | 3.6320 | 0.9080 | 7.2640 | 1.8160 |
3 | 0.7945 | 0.3405 | 1.5890 | 0.6810 | 3.1780 | 1.3620 | 6.3560 | 2.7240 |
4 | 0.6810 | 0.4540 | 1.3620 | 0.9080 | 2.7240 | 1.8160 | 5.4480 | 3.6320 |
5 | 0.5675 | 0.5675 | 1.1350 | 1.1350 | 2.2700 | 2.2700 | 4.5400 | 4.5400 |
6 | 0.4540 | 0.6810 | 0.9080 | 1.3620 | 1.8160 | 2.7240 | 3.6320 | 5.4480 |
7 | 0.3405 | 0.7945 | 0.6810 | 1.5890 | 1.3620 | 3.1780 | 2.7240 | 6.3560 |
8 | 0.2270 | 0.9080 | 0.4540 | 1.8160 | 0.9080 | 3.6320 | 1.8160 | 7.2640 |
9 | 0.1135 | 1.0215 | 0.2270 | 2.0430 | 0.4540 | 4.0860 | 0.9080 | 8.1720 |
10 | 0.0568 | 1.0783 | 0.1135 | 2.1565 | 0.2270 | 4.3130 | 0.4540 | 8.6260 |
4.00% | 6.00% | 8.00% | 10.00% |
SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | SLS, | Non- | |
30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | 30 | Ionic | |
wt. % | Surfac- | wt. % | Surfac- | wt. %, | Surfac- | wt. % | Surfac- | |
Comp. | active | tant | active | tant | active | tant | active | tant |
1 | 16.3440 | 1.8160 | 24.5160 | 2.7240 | 32.6880 | 3.6320 | 40.8600 | 4.5400 |
2 | 14.5280 | 3.6320 | 21.7920 | 5.4480 | 29.0560 | 7.2640 | 36.3200 | 9.0800 |
3 | 12.7120 | 5.4480 | 19.0680 | 8.1720 | 25.4240 | 10.8960 | 31.7800 | 13.6200 |
4 | 10.8960 | 7.2640 | 16.3440 | 10.8960 | 21.7920 | 14.5280 | 27.2400 | 18.1600 |
5 | 9.0800 | 9.0800 | 13.6200 | 13.6200 | 18.1600 | 18.1600 | 22.7000 | 22.7000 |
6 | 7.2640 | 10.8960 | 10.8960 | 16.3440 | 14.5280 | 21.7920 | 18.1600 | 27.2400 |
7 | 5.4480 | 12.7120 | 8.1720 | 19.0680 | 10.8960 | 25.4240 | 13.6200 | 31.7800 |
8 | 3.6320 | 14.5280 | 5.4480 | 21.7920 | 7.2640 | 29.0560 | 9.0800 | 36.3200 |
9 | 1.8160 | 16.3440 | 2.7240 | 24.5160 | 3.6320 | 32.6880 | 4.5400 | 40.8600 |
10 | 0.9080 | 17.2520 | 1.3620 | 25.8780 | 1.8160 | 34.5040 | 2.2700 | 43.1300 |
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